This is the time of year that we start thinking about that monumental trip Santa Claus makes around the globe on Christmas Eve. There are lot’s of neat ways to track his progress online. One of my favorites in recent years has been the Norad Santa tracking site. Last year they were using Google Earth for the tracking. Have you ever wondered how or why NORAD started this whole Santa Claus tracking mission?

It all started out with a number printed in a Sears ad…. You can read more about the history of Norad’s Santa Claus tracking, you can read here.

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